English-French translations for at a loss

• à perte
• complètement perdu
• perdu
  Mais je suis un peu perdu quant à savoir ce que cela signifiera dans ce domaine précis. But I am slightly at a loss to know exactly what that will mean in this particular area.
  Peut-être que les plus vulnérables, à savoir les employés qui ont perdu leur emploi, y perdent une fois de plus s'agissant de la raison de leur sanction. Perhaps those who are more vulnerable, namely employees who have lost their jobs, are once again at a loss as to what they are being punished for.

Definition of at a loss

• Below the cost or price of purchase
• Not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability

Examples

• We sold those old computers at a loss.
• I have fixed the parts I understand, and the rest leaves me at a loss.
• His policies may be ineffective, but he is never at a loss for words.
• Im at a loss how to proceed.

Related words

• at a loss for words
• be at a loss
• be completely at a loss
• be at a dead loss